Swarthout

Swarthout, also spelled Swartwout and Swartout, is a surname of Dutch origins. All are descendants from the same lineage.

Notable people with the surname include:


 * Gladys Swarthout (1900–1969), American opera singer
 * Glendon Swarthout (1918–1992), American author
 * Cornelius Swartwout, holder of first patent for the waffle iron
 * David Swartout, golf instructor and coach
 * Egerton Swartwout, American architect, Tracy and Swartwout
 * Jacobus Swartwout (1734–1827), brigadier general in Revolutionary War, delegate to New York State US Federal Constitution ratification
 * Roeloff Swartwout, early American settler, founder of Ulster County, New York
 * Robert Swartwout, 9th quartermaster general of the US Army, brigadier general during War of 1812, merchant
 * Samuel Swartwout, close supporter of Andrew Jackson, Collector of Customs Port of New York, American soldier
 * Thomas Samuel Swartwout, early settler and landowner of Peenpack Wagheckemeck Patent, Mamakating precinct, Ulster County, New York precursor of the Town of Deerpark in Orange County, New York
 * Tomys Swartwout, early American settler, founder of Midwood, Brooklyn, New York